Category: Large Family

  • The Kitchen Apothecary

    The Kitchen Apothecary

    My Kitchen Apothecary is where food, wellness, body care, and everyday stewardship meet. It isn’t about collecting remedies or creating perfect shelves. It’s about learning what you have, understanding how it can serve your household, and building a practical collection of useful ingredients—one jar, herb, or pantry staple at a time.

  • Possible-Pot Minestrone Soup

    Possible-Pot Minestrone Soup

    Possible Pot Minestrone Soup is a flexible, family-friendly meal designed for real life. Built around vegetables, beans, and pantry staples, this nourishing soup adapts beautifully to what you have on hand. Whether you’re feeding a crowd or clearing out the refrigerator, “possible” remains the most important ingredient.

  • Spanish-Inspired Cabbage Rice

    Spanish-Inspired Cabbage Rice

    Spanish-Inspired Cabbage Rice combines finely chopped cabbage, your favorite rice, riced vegetables, tomatoes, warm spices, and plenty of possibilities. Make it grain-free, add your favorite protein, pile on the toppings. Includes flexible Fuel Flow and Trim Healthy options for building the meal your way.

  • Coconut Curry Cabbage Rice

    Coconut Curry Cabbage Rice

    Coconut Curry Cabbage Rice transforms humble cabbage into a creamy, produce-forward meal with curry spices, greens, coconut milk, and your choice of protein. Add rice, dal, vegetables, or peanut to make it yours, with flexible options for Trim Healthy S, E, or Crossover meals and Fuel Flow fueling styles.

  • The “Build, Regulate and Shield” Herbal Framework

    The “Build, Regulate and Shield” Herbal Framework

    Understand herbs with confidence using the Build, Regulate, and Shield framework. This beginner-friendly guide explains how different herbs nourish, balance, or support the body’s natural defenses, helping you choose herbal combinations with greater clarity while keeping food, sustainable habits, and everyday wellness at the foundation of your approach.

  • The Quiet Art of Setting Things Down

    The Quiet Art of Setting Things Down

    Learn the quiet art of discerning what truly belongs in your hands. This reflection explores stewardship, capacity, and the freedom that comes from releasing unnecessary burdens. Discover how carrying only what is yours creates space for steadiness, presence, and a sustainable life rooted in clarity—not obligation, performance, or perfection.

  • If Wedding Rings Could Protect

    If Wedding Rings Could Protect

    I had commitment. I had faith. I had endurance. What I didn’t have was language for: → Boundaries that weren’t ultimatums → Intimacy that wasn’t performance → Submission that didn’t quietly erase me

  • Our Food Boundary Journey: Parenting, Celiac Disease & Life Gluten-Free

    Our Food Boundary Journey: Parenting, Celiac Disease & Life Gluten-Free

    Living gluten-free isn’t a trend for our family — it’s medical necessity. Our journey with Celiac Disease, food boundaries, medical gaslighting, and protecting our children’s health.

  • Gluten Free Menu Plan

    -A gluten free weekly menu plan for our Trim Healthy Family for the week of April 9-15, 2023. I have included a printable menu plan, and shopping list.

  • Gluten Free Menu Plan

    -A gluten free weekly menu plan for our Trim Healthy Family for the week of April 2-8, 2023. I have included a printable menu plan, and shopping list.